Home Health Line
11/01/2018
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are mailing notifications to agencies determined to be noncompliant with quality reporting requirements for 2017, CMS recently announced.
11/01/2018
by: Home Health Compare
Agencies have continued to improve in several Home Health Compare measures included within value-based purchaisng, accoridng to data released Oct. 24.
11/01/2018
by: Home Health Compare
CMS data show 845 agencies nationwide earned five stars in HHCAHPS.
10/25/2018
While agencies have choices when it comes to which claim review option to select for CMS’ review choice demonstration, they must be extremely cautious when making their selection.
10/25/2018
Significant shifts in how to stage a pressure ulcer when scabbing is present and what information can be considered for a discharge OASIS were among hundreds of changes CMS made this month to OASIS Q&A guidance.
10/25/2018
With a new flu season here, now is the time for your agency to consider implementing a mandatory vaccination program for seasonal influenza. Some employees may initially object, but most experts agree that flu shots are a necessity for health care workers.
10/25/2018
by: Megan Batty
When it comes to determining which home health coders make the higher salaries, five factors appear to have the greatest impact on coder compensation.
10/25/2018
About 41% of home health coders received base salaries of $65,001 to $90,000 in 2018.
10/25/2018
Agencies recently asked a number of questions of industry experts J’non Griffin, Joan Usher and Robert Markette. Griffin is president of Home Health Solutions, LLC in Carbon Hill, Ala., Usher is president of JLU Health Record Systems of Pembroke, Mass., and Markette is an attorney with Indianapolis-based Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman.
10/17/2018
About 43% of agencies expect OASIS-D will take at least 90 minutes to complete at start of care (SOC). That's according to the 270 respondents to a question on DecisionHealth’s OASIS-D Survey.

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